With nearly two decades of experience Lesley Burr is one of the very active contemporary artists living and working in Scotland today. She lives and works in Argyll on the West Coast of Scotland and has spent the last two years researching and developing a new body of work, influenced by the culture and landscape.
" My paintings have many layers to them - often worked over many weeks, initially as sketches from life, then memory to build a depth that speaks of a significant experience, of an event or time that has been witnessed. I am interested in creating a feeling of space, stillness and reflection that one can more easily experience in nature. "
2008 Events where my work can be seen
'Painting Venice'
Runs from Sat 31 May until Saturday 2 August
with Glasgow Girls, Rosemary Beaton and Alison Harper
at Vaila Fine Art, 61 Commercial Street, Lerwick Shetland
www.vailafineart.co.uk
The exhibition is a result of an artists trip to visit Venice last year.
For the Venice work Lesley chose to look closely at memorable aspects of the townscape that suggest a sense of magic, scale and granduer. There is an air of mystery and of multiple histories merging in these old and crumbling iconic buildings. All around is the reflected light of the canals and lagoon that softens our experience of decay and any suggestion that these structures could sink into the rising water. Looking at the real and imaginative she is exploring a range of ideas that include fragility, harmony and faith, loss, beauty and hope. Her remarkable poignant images have a gentleness and depth that that again go beyond the usual often pretty and quaint decsriptions of Venice. The beauty and resonace of her images are of a different kind, for they contain an understanding that all is impermanent and its beauty therefore all the sweeter.
A selection of these paintings can be seen in the Venice Series section of the website.
Artmap Argyll Studio Sale
OPEN STUDIO
2/3 August 10am to 5pm
'New Landscapes'
Spring 2009
Solo show at the Compass Gallery, Glasgow
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